Chronicles of Emma: Fixing the Mailbox

On July 16th, we heard a huge boom in the middle of the night. A BIG boom. It almost sounded like Yellowstone was blowing up, it was that loud! The next day, one of the neighbors went to get his mail and he saw that our mailbox was completely blown up. By a firecracker--a HUGE firecracker. We think they chose ours, because it was the biggest and prettiest in the row of mailboxes. ;) Because it is "federal offense", the P.O. was very angry. Nobody really knows who it was, but we found out that an outhouse down the river was also destroyed the same night.....they are doing investigation, but for now we just got a new mailbox. :) Uncle Paul found one in his greenhouse that actually used to by my great-grandma's! My Mom's cousin, Joel (he is an artist) was here while this happened so he just painted it and now we have a brand new mailbox! :)

Setting up the new mailbox....

(Notice the antler for the handle!)

While we were waiting in traffic in Livingston, there was a teen horse watching us! ;)

My Dad and I went to the dump one Sunday afternoon (note, still in Church clothes) to drop off garbage......we then saw a beautiful picnic table. My Dad and I carried it through the hot dump grounds, through the gate and into the truck. It was so hot, we were melting by the time we got into the truck. But it was worth it, because the picnic table is in great condition and we stained it so it looks brand new!

Bennett ordered a refurbished iPad (he had saved his money for a year) and it finally came! :)

Sheridan and Fiona. :)

Soaking in the river....

When we were in Bozeman one day, a door outlet was selling solid wood doors on the sidewalk for $50!! So we got one and Dad sanded and stained it.

We had a good-bye party for Sheridan and Aunt Maryann the day before they left.

Fiona, Preston and Sheridan. :)

Aunt Maryann and Sheridan.

On July 28th, we went to the annual "Shakespeare in the Parks" play (Twelfth Night) and it was so windy that evening, that they had to cancel!!!!!

The actors had to hold down the set so it wouldn't blow away!